LSE's Delayed Opening Causes
Few Ripples in Equity Market

By

Nicole Heidemann and

Lucy Farndon Dow Jones Newswires

Updated July 21, 1998 12:01 a.m. ET

LONDON -- The London Stock Exchange's delayed opening of floor trading caused few ripples in the British equity market, despite the Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-Share Index climbing to an intraday record within 30 minutes of the opening bell.

Any question that the later opening in London might quickly address the issue of low liquidity was soon put aside.